Cariboo P&P to Conduct Major Upgrades at Quesnel Mill

 

The Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co. (CPPC), Quesnel, B.C., Canada, proposes to install a condensing turbine generator, a cooling tower, and upgrade its power boiler and hog fuel handing system at its mill. near the Fraser and Quenel rivers. CPPC, which began production in 1972, is a joint venture between West Fraser Timber Co. and Daishowa-Marubeni International Ltd. It has an annual capacity of more than 35,000 metric tpy of northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK) pulp. The mill produces a product that meets the stringent requirements of the world’s most demanding markets for high brightness, cleanliness, and strength.

The primary purpose of the cogeneration project is to increase the production of green power by the mill. This upgrade will allow power generated from carbon-neutral biofuels to be exported to the British Columbia electric grid. In addition, the project is designed to increase the quantity of hog fuel burned by the mill, thus decreasing the amount of natural gas required to run the plant while consequently helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 18,000 metric tons annually.

 

CPPC and BC Hydro Electric services have reached an agreement that will allow the mill to upgrade its systems to create an additional 160 Gwh of steam-generated clean energy to sell to BC Hydro each year—enough to power more than 14,500 homes annually in the region. The upgrades will also save the mill close to 8 Gwh in annual electricity costs.

 

Working with BC Hydro through the government sponsored Integrated Power Offer, CPPC identified renewable generation and conservation opportunities that enabled the mill to qualify for C$41.5 million in funding from Natural Resources Canada’s Pulp and Paper Green Transformation Program.

 

More information about this project is available online.